History of Spain

painter. He was born March 30th 1746 and died April 16th 1828. He is known for his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and printmaking. He is also known for his big and wild imagination and his devotion to painting. Francisco was born in Fuendetodos, Spain. He had four siblings named Rita, Jacinta, Mariano, and Carmilo. In 1749 the Goya family moved to Zaragoza, where Francisco went to school at a Pius School. When Francisco was 19 and 22 he sent in entries for the Spanish Royal Academy in 1763 and…

During the 1800s many immigrants boarded ships to come to America where they could live a better life. Many immigrants came to America in hopes of more money and a better lifestyle. They were driven out of their country because they were not making enough money to support themselves or their families. In the letters from the immigrants it states that they were better off in America, also they had bad living conditions in their home country, they had many people stuck together into one room to…

obtaining riches. The Spanish and Portuguese enacted harsh colonization practices incorporated slavery from throughout the African Diaspora and resulted in the loss of millions of indigenous people’s lives and land. Whereas, Argentina’s immigration history is primarily that of European immigrants, such as Spaniards and Italians, looking to escape their poor economic conditions seeking out opportunities for jobs and land ownership rather than the allure of silver or gold. Argentina’s ethnic…

Before Columbus embarked on his trip to sail across the Atlantic Ocean, a Norse seaman, Leif Eriksson had the first glimpse of what life could be for Europeans that crossed the ocean and reached the New World. History has told us that European’s in the Middle Ages, weren’t necessarily known for being great adventurers. But as time went on, European’s had the greatest adventure of all; coming to the New World. As changes started to occur in Europe, incentives to leave their country for new…

Undoubtedly, Patricio Guzmán is an accomplished and gifted filmmaker with his talents evidently shown in both his documentaries La Batalla de Chile and Nostalgia de la Luz. Both documentaries pertain to the coup d'état, which occurred in 1973 in Chile, that overthrew the legally elected socialist President Allende, and subsequently began the autocratic and oppressive rule of the dictator Pinochet from 1973 to 1990. While both movies concern the same subject matter, the prominent distinction…

In the 19th century, colonies all over Latin America started revolting in an effort to break away from Spanish rule. Though one might assume that an independence movement as Gordon Wood wrote in his book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, was “a full scale assault on dependency” (Wood 179). By saying this, Wood was trying to convey that social status was no longer determined by race or place of birth but rather by talent or merit. However, this statement does not apply to Mexico and…

The article “Stay, Hide, or Leave? Hard Choices for immigrants in the Heartland” by Jack Healy, is an article that I completely relate to because my family is the first generation of immigrant in this country and we all fear the worst which is to be separate from each other. I can understand and sympathize with the feelings that Ms. Rivera and thousands of other separate immigrants are feeling. At one point I was separate from my family for 8 years, I understand what it feels to be away from…

Epiphany celebrates the arrival of the Magi (the Three Kings, named Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar) at the site of Jesus' birth, so it is also called El Día de los Reyes Magos ("Three Kings' Day") in Spanish-speaking countries such as Panama. The day also commemorates his divinity as manifested to the Magi, who brought him gifts. On this day Panamanian families awake to open the gifts left by the Three Kings, and families and friends gather for the celebrations. While the children play with…

treatment of the natives by calling them inferior. While conquering the new world, Spanish Conquistadores sought out wealth and other precious commodities. The Spanish explorers wanted gold and riches to take back to Spain in order to make themselves, including the nation of Spain, powerful. The Spaniards were basically reducing the natives to slavery by making them do forced labor without receiving…

More than 43.7 million immigrants resided in the United States in 2016, accounting for 13.5 percent of the total U.S. population. However, these people often have to work long hard hours with little pay they are often subjected impunitively to injustice as they reside in this country. The book Uprising, by Margaret Haddix, is about three poor immigrant women workers and how they struggle to make a living in New York in the early 1900’s. These workers are not given their proper rights only…